Ares Management Corporation (ARES) Stock Price & Analysis

Ares Management Corporation (ARES) closed at USD 123.7 on Thursday, October 22, 2026, up 5.72% on the day. The US market is currently closed (pre-market); this is not a live price.

The prior close was USD 117.01; the Oct 22, 2026 session ranged USD 115.36–123.92 on volume of 2,645,265 shares. Market capitalization is $41.04B, with a 52-week range of USD 95.8–181.19 (NYQ). Source: Nexqual, retrieved October 23, 2026 at 09:16 UTC.

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Key facts (ARES)

• Last four reported quarters (through Jun 30, 2026): revenue $5.99B, net income $636M (10.6% margin) (SEC filings).
• Valuation: P/E 64.5x.
• Earnings quality: non-operating income $475M vs operating income null over the last four quarters; P/E excluding non-operating income ≈172.4x (estimate: non-operating income taxed at the company's 16.2% effective rate).
• 2 of 80 tracked superinvestors hold ARES (13F, Q2 2026): 1 new, 1 added, 0 reduced, 0 unchanged.
• Analysts: Buy (mean 2.10 on a 1–5 scale) (20 analysts), mean target USD 144.8 (range 119–168).
• Total return with dividends: 1Y -13.2% vs S&P 500 +14.9%; 5Y +77.9% vs S&P 500 +80.3%.
• Next earnings: 2026-10-29, EPS estimate USD 1.26, revenue estimate $1.24B.

Financials (SEC 10-K; TTM = last four 10-Q/10-K quarters) (ARES)

Fiscal years end Dec. EPS is split-adjusted.

Valuation (price ÷ last four quarters, through Jun 30, 2026) (ARES)

P/E 64.5x · P/E ex non-operating (est.) ≈172.4x · P/S 6.8x · P/B 10.3x · Earnings yield 1.55% · Dividend yield (paid, TTM) 0.23%

Superinvestors (SEC 13F-HR, Q2 2026) (ARES)

2 of 80 tracked investors hold ARES. Each row is the investor's latest 13F; change is vs their prior-quarter share count.

Analysts (ARES)

Consensus Buy (mean 2.10 on a 1–5 scale), 20 analysts; mean target USD 144.8 (low 119, high 168).

Rating changes, last 120 days:

Total return (dividends reinvested) (ARES)

ARES revenue by product line (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026)

As tagged by the company in its SEC 10-Q / 10-K filings (XBRL).

ARES suppliers, customers and competitors (named in its 10-K)

Quoted from the company's 10-K filed Feb 25, 2026.

Companies that name ARES in their SEC reports

ARES analyst estimates and revisions

ARES options: expected move

Options price a move of about ±7.8% (±$9.60) by Oct 30, 2026, which includes earnings on Oct 29, 2026. Over the last 8 reports the stock moved ±3.5% on average.

30-day implied volatility 46.6% vs 31.7% realized over the last 30 trading days. Put/call ratio (volume) 0.76. Cboe delayed quotes (15 min). Expected move = at-the-money straddle.

Key Statistics (as of October 23, 2026 at 09:16 UTC)

Technical Analysis (ARES)

Nexqual's technical model rates ARES "NEUTRAL" based on 3 bullish and 4 bearish signals across 127 daily candles, as of October 23, 2026 at 09:16 UTC.

Analyst Ratings (ARES)

Wall Street analysts rate ARES "Buy" based on 20 analysts, with a mean price target of USD 144.8 (range USD 119–168), per Nexqual as of October 23, 2026 at 09:16 UTC.

Earnings (ARES)

Recent Earnings History

Source: Nexqual, October 23, 2026 at 09:16 UTC.

Financials & Fundamentals (ARES)

Source: Nexqual, October 23, 2026 at 09:16 UTC.

Financial Health Score (ARES)

Nexqual rates Ares Management Corporation's overall financial health "Mixed" across five dimensions, as of October 23, 2026 at 09:16 UTC.

Ownership (ARES)

Source: Nexqual, October 23, 2026 at 09:16 UTC.

Leadership (ARES)

Ares Management Corporation is led by Michael J. Arougheti, Co-Founder, Partner, CEO & Director, per Nexqual as of October 23, 2026 at 09:16 UTC.

Major Backers & Investors (ARES)

Notable institutional backers of Ares Management Corporation include Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., Bank of America Corporation, Capital Group, according to Nexqual as of October 23, 2026 at 09:16 UTC.

Active Investors

Index Funds (Passive)

Source: Nexqual, October 23, 2026 at 09:16 UTC.

From Ares Management Corporation's Latest SEC 10-K Filing (filed 2026-02-25)

Key Strengths & Strategy (as disclosed to the SEC)

• As of December 31, 2025, our infrastructure secondaries team of more than 10 investment professionals managed $6.9 billion of AUM in more than 15 funds and related co-investment vehicles.
• We believe our consistent and strong performance in a broad range of alternative investments has been shaped by several distinguishing features of our platform: •Comprehensive Multi-Asset Class Expertise and Flexible Capital: Our proficiency at evaluating every level of the capital structure, from senior debt to common equity, across companies, structured assets, real estate projects, and infrastructure and energy assets enables us to effectively assess relative value.
• Within our infrastructure strategy, we have a long-tenured global team utilizing deep local sourcing capabilities and extensive sector experience to originate and manage a portfolio of diverse, high-quality investments across the globe.
• Our infrastructure opportunities investment approach focuses on both core and value-add equity strategies leveraging flexible capital to build a diversified infrastructure portfolio.

Partnerships

• Venture Capital: Our venture capital business is focused on fund strategies that seek to advance proprietary artificial intelligence solutions and to partner with industry leading vendors to help drive efficiencies for our portfolio companies, assets and certain investment and business processes.
• We do not have a centralized investment committee and instead our investment committees are generally structured with overlapping membership from different investment groups to ensure consistency of approach, shared investment experience and collaboration across our platform.

Legal & Regulatory Risks (Item 1A, quoted)

• Changes in relevant data protection laws could necessitate changes to the steps taken by our funds for the purposes of complying with such laws and the way in which personal data is transferred between our funds.
• Regulations impacting the insurance industry could adversely affect our business and our operations, and our provision of products and services to insurance companies, including through Aspida, subjects us to a variety of risks and uncertainties.
• We may be the target or subject of, or may have indemnification obligations related to, litigation, enforcement investigations or regulatory scrutiny.
• Regulatory changes in jurisdictions outside the U.S. could adversely affect our businesses.

Source: SEC EDGAR 10-K, official filing. Curated by Nexqual.

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